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Men in the middle: Meet the Euro 2012 referees

Introducing the 12 officials who love the job you hate.
5.54pm, 5 Jun 2012

BELOW ARE THE 12 officials tasked with overseeing 31 matches over the next four weeks.

While eight of the continent’s top referees will be experiencing a major tournament for the first time in Poland and Ukraine, there are a couple of familiar faces.

Portugal’s Pedro Proenca was in charge of this year’s Champions League final, Wolfgang Stark officiated Atletico Madrid’s Europa League win in the Europa League while everyone’s favourite Premier League ref Howard Webb is also there.

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